Task Fulfilment Organisation and Structure Language Control Grammar Lexis Readability

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Writing Rubric

Task Fulfilment

Organisation and structure

Language control
Grammar

5 Full achievement of the communicative


aim.

Effective organisation in appropriate format


throughout the text.

The text is easily read and understood by


the reader.

Very clear presentation and logical development of


all straightforward ideas and arguments

All requirements of the task completely


satisfied with no omissions/irrelevance.

Effective signposting

4 Good achievement of the communicative


aim

Good organisation in appropriate format in most of


the text.

Good awareness of the immediate readerwriter relationship.

Clear presentation and logical development of


most straightforward ideas and arguments

Most requirements of the instruction


appropriately met.

Good signposting

3 Acceptable achievement of the


communicative aim.
Some awareness of the writer-reader
relationship.
Most requirements of the instructions
acceptably met.
2 Limited/Partial achievement of the
communicative aim.

Acceptable organisation in a generally appropriate


format
Presentation and development of most
straightforward ideas, and arguments are
acceptably clear and logical

Limited text organisation with minimal


consideration of format.
Some ideas and arguments are coherent but
others are unclear.

Some requirements of the instruction met.

Limited signposting

Poor awareness of the writer-reader


relationship

Good range of grammatical items Good range of lexical items


relating to the task with a good
relating to the task with good
level of accuracy
level of accuracy

Readability
Any errors do not impede
understanding
Excellent spelling and punctuation

Appropriate range of
grammatical items relating to the
task with good level of accuracy
(errors may occur when handling
more complex ideas)

Appropriate range of lexical


items relating to the task with
good level of accuracy (may
contain some circumlocutions)

Errors occasionally impede


understanding but the overall
message is clear

Acceptable level of grammatical


accuracy and appropriacy
relating to the task, though range
may be restricted

Acceptable level of lexical


accuracy and appropriacy
relating to the task, though
range may be restricted.

Errors sometimes impede


understanding of specific ideas

Limited evidence of grammatical


range and accuracy relating to
the task, very restricted range.

Limited evidence of lexical


range and accuracy relating to
the task, very restricted range.

Errors sometimes impede


understanding of general ideas

Spelling and punctuation is good


enough to be followed
(punctuation of simple sentences
is free from errors)

Acceptable spelling and


punctuation.

Acceptable signposting

Limited awareness of the writer-reader


relationship

1 Poor achievement of the communicative


aim

Lexis

Poor text organisation in an inappropriate format.


Most ideas and arguments lack coherence and do
not progress logically
Poor signposting

Most requirements of the instruction are


NOT met.
0 Task not attempted. Wrong task attempted. No performance to evaluate.

Difficulties with spelling and


punctuation.

Inadequate evidence of
grammatical range and accuracy
(may have control over language
below the level)

Inadequate evidence of lexical


range and accuracy (may have
control over the language
below the level)

Errors frequently impede


understanding
Poor spelling and punctuation
throughout

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